Looking back...

[kia345]

When did you start playing Graal?
Sometime in either late '03 or '04.

What was the first server you got "hooked" on?
Delteria

Who did you look up to when you first started?
I remember when I first played, the first server I connected to was Valikorlia. Not sure why, but meh. I was suprised when I found myself stuck in a tree, wall, or something. Not sure what. Someone named Athen or Apollo or something along those lines told me about "unstick me", and from there he was my first friend on Graal. Too bad I haven't seen him since back then.

EDIT: His name was Aris.

List a few goals you made when you were new to Graal (even if you haven't accomplished them yet)
Just have fun. I wanted to be some vaguely known, remotely popular guy, just having fun and doing my thing. idk if I made it there, but I've had fun.

What are some of your best memories on Graal?
That first day on Valikorlia, even if I can barely remember it. Or my days of exploring trial island on my first expedition on Graal Kingdoms. PK'ing on Delteria along with their hot players and abusive staff. Being a complete noob and going crazy over finding a Cloud or Link "head code" at the time. One of my fondest was probably when I became an ET on Delteria.

What are some of your worst memories on Graal?
Not sure really. I can't think of any hopelessly tragic moments.

Who were your friends when you first started?
Aside from Apollo/Athen/whatever, I've had some old friends who I still play with today, albeit they're not as active as they once were. Shroomy, who I possibly met during the whole "MHX" events on Delteria. Johnnay, who I have no idea where I found him. Aflack, Ketsomaru, and Syn, all old faces from Delt. Wolfey Xanadu, a real life friend who I introduced to Graal (much to the dismay of some people).

How did you find out about Graal?
I remember I used to steal magazines from the waiting room in a hospital my aunt worked at. One of them was an old "PC Gamer" or "PC Games" magazine with a Matrix cover. On several pages, all bright yellow, it listed 50-100 "free" PC games, ranging from Dwarf Fortress, to Neopets, to "Five Finger Fillet", to holy crap, Graalonline. It didn't actually give you the address "graalonline.com", but instead to the cyberjoueurs site where you played it in Java (lolgone). From there, well, here I am.